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Every website in the world must actually
physically exist on a computer somewhere. These computers are called
servers.
Summit Hosting's servers are located in the world's number one data centre in
Dallas, Texas. They are monitored 24 hours a day with staff always on
site.
When you choose to host your site with
Summit Hosting, you should take comfort in the fact you're getting the
best money can buy.
Summit Hosting's servers are among the fastest and most reliable in the
world - we've spared no expense to buy the best. We don't feel that
servers are an area to cut costs because our customers expect fast and
reliable performance. We guarantee your site will be hosted in good
hands.
Network
With other providers, many servers are just
connected to one Internet Service Provider (like some hosting servers
provided by ISPs themselves). This means that if something goes wrong
with the ISP, the server will stop working.
Summit Hosting's servers are connected to
serveral providers with speeds virtually unseen in many parts of the world. This
provides maximum speed and uptime.
Our providers and their speeds are as follows:
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Allegiance Telecom -- 1
Gbps (GigE)
Global Crossing -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Level 3 -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Sprint -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Time Warner -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
UUNet -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Verio -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
AT&T -- DS3 |
Staff are on-site 24/7, so if by chance
something does go wrong with the server, it won't be long before it's
back to its usual peak performance.
Data Centre
Power
Summit Hosting's servers offer complete
power redundancy. The servers are connected to multiple power grids,
with dual power generators onsite and backup battery power.
Conditions
Servers are kept in clean-rooms with raised
floors and static-free tile. A-grade heating, ventilation and air
conditioning (HVAC) systems with glycol, chilled water and condenser
units provided by Data Aire are also in operation. This extra
redundancy in temperature control insures the servers will always be at
their peak performance.
Security
The data centre is monitored 24 hours a day
with motion-sensitive closed circuit cameras. All sensitive areas are
protected by state-of-the-art security with keycard access locks.
Fire Suppression
A pre-action dry pipe system with VESDA
(Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) and more than 600 smoke
detectors are in the data centre.
In short, it would take an atomic bomb to
take this data-centre down!
Server Specs
The servers bought for Summit Hosting's
customers' use are top-of-the-line servers from the Dell Corporation.
On average, the servers used have 1 GB of ECC RAM with the latest
Pentium Processor at the time of purchase. We spare no expense in using
the best servers, to ensure maximum speed and reliability.
Summit Hosting reserves the right to change any of the above without
notice.

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